Chapter 100 – Episode 99. What I Want to Say but Can’t Say (4)
【Anyway, I don’t know what’s so special about Dad.】
‘It’s only natural since it’s been a while since I’ve seen my daughter. You are rather strange It’s been a while since I met you, isn’t it nice to meet you?’
【I’ve been by your side all my life, but I’ve been away for a few months, so what else is there to be happy about?】
Knock, knock, knock, knock.
Drops of water on the ceiling of the bathroom dripped into the bathtub with a sound.
Among the gold-plated interior decorations, Astrid sighed involuntarily as she immersed herself in a bathtub at least the size of an academy room.
This feeling of soaking in warm water, it was a very good feeling whenever I felt it.
How long had I been taking a bath, if I counted it, it was almost 10 days.
After leaving the academy, everything except for meals was in the carriage, so I couldn’t wash like this, and although there were villages in between, I couldn’t stay there because I had to go quickly, so I stayed in the carriage.
‘Still, it feels good to take a bath after a long time… ‘
【That’s right. You have to take a half-body bath every day to take care of your skin.]
‘You really care about your skin… You also.’
【Isn’t that obvious? It’s a lady’s basic knowledge, something like this.]
‘Oh, that’s right.’
The real Astrid screamed something, but Astrid ignored it and walked out of the bathtub.
The towel he was wearing over his head was now completely cold, so he soaked it in cold water, rolled it up again, and wrapped it over his head, then went into the bathtub and soaked himself.
The plan is tomorrow.
I decided to head to the location of the tower in question tomorrow.
By Zik also arrived, and he said that it was not necessary to drag it out for a long time, so the decision was made.
Welcoming events, banquets and all, such troublesome ceremonies were not liked by Wolfgang or Weizik.
I boldly skipped it and just sat around and had dinner.
Wolfgang, Astrid, and Ashley weren’t all that kind of people, and at least it was a reunion that was so incredibly nice and unlikely, since they had only been apart for a few months.
【I’ll go out after I’ve washed everything. There’s something to look for.]
‘Stay there. The balm applied to my hair hadn’t penetrated yet. I think I’ll need another 10 minutes, so wait.’
After waiting for a while, there was no reply.
‘Why?’
【… No, nothing. It’s good to take care of my body because it’s my body, but it’s a bit ridiculous… 】
What’s not funny
Astrid picked up the comb that was beside him and combed his hair.
Hair needs to be combed frequently.
I get upset when people say that my hair has been trimmed well, but the texture is damaged because I didn’t take care of it.
Stimulate your scalp while stroking your hair, and allow the scented oil you applied before bathing to permeate even a little more.
Astrid combed her hair with great care.
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【Is that it?】
“Yes.”
Since there was no one around, Astrid naturally answered out loud.
It would be more convenient to look for it myself, and since it was time to go to bed soon, I had just changed my body.
“Let’s see, Vicantera… Vicantera Gorge. Oh, here it is.”
Astrid pulled out a notebook from her bookshelf.
When you open the left notebook, Astrid’s general composition of troops, the location of her battlefield, the flow of battle, and the approximate majors she established were all recorded about the battles Astrid had participated in. Exceeded this
A notebook is about the thickness of an adult finger, so Astrid, who is only 20 years old, is dumbfounded even as she looks over her gaze at how many battlefields the fake Astrid has crossed.
[I have a question.]
“Please speak.”
Astrid, who flipped through her notebooks and found the battle records in Vikantera Gorge, answered the fake Astrid’s question in her head.
【Are those all combat records?】
“Yes. Everything else is over, just the record of my participation in the war.”
【Perhaps during that battle… Have you lost anything?]
“What are you talking about, now. If there is a defeat in battle, how am I still alive here? If I had lost, I would have died there.”
Is it like that again?
Maybe that’s what wars in this era are like, thought the fake Astrid.
It is an era in which the perception that killing an enemy soldier just because of defeat is a war crime is vague.
A defeat is a death, and if you return with your soldiers lost, it is a disgrace to the general, and a defeat is a place where it is considered a virtue to die with your allies.
“Let’s see… Vicantera Gorge, a. Here it is. Where… “
Although the fake Astrid can’t know if it’s Vikantera Gorge.
As if that was none of her business, Astrid began to mumble and read aloud what was written in the notebook.
“I was stuck in that canyon for five days… The Galatea people, the curse of the sorcerer, spread far and wide. Starting from the altar, the curse spread… It was only after the altar was finally destroyed that the curse was lifted… A curse is a curse that prevents the shaman from performing certain actions or words… “
【The curse only lifted after destroying the altar?】
The curse was lifted only after the altar was destroyed.
However, even though the curse is lifted, Astrid is still under the curse.
Seeing that the contents of the curse have changed, I, I… It’s not the same curse from Vikante or something, but it seems right that it’s the same kind of curse.
【Then you have to destroy the tower after all.】
‘How difficult is it to destroy the tower? It’s because Ashleyna’s father is weak. Well, I don’t think it’ll be that difficult to break it, since there’s an elder Baizik doing it.’
【What on earth do you trust and be so confident about?】
‘Hey, how many battlefields do you think I’ve been through? It’s me who has been on the battlefield since I was old enough to run around. Do you think that I, who is undefeated even over countless battlefields and won a hundred times in a hundred battles, will not be able to destroy a tower like that?’
That being said, it was truly overwhelmingly persuasive.
While the fake Astrid was at a loss for words and couldn’t answer, Astrid picked up the snow flower hanging on the weapon stand in her room.
Astrid lightly picks up a lump of metal that seems specialized for slashing or stabbing, but rather for smashing or smashing.
“Even if you handle a hundred weapons, you can’t reach the level with just one weapon. In the end, curses and magic are just tricks. In the face of overwhelming power with substance, it is bound to collapse. I will proudly destroy everything that is the top, and lift the curse. Therefore.”
The snow flower held in Astrid’s hand made a sound that cut through the air and began to draw a simple and simple swordplay.
When he slashed down, he stopped without slashing down the floor of the room with a thickness of a hair, then he slashed upwards, then he turned around and cut up again from the bottom to the top.
When he was doing a large leveling, his body suddenly made a quick run-up and slammed it down, stopped again with a narrow distance from the floor, stabbed it sharply, and before he knew it, he was hitting it with the handle.
“I will proudly lift the curse and stand by your Highness. And you just have to go back.”
Come to think of it, the fake Astrid had a question.
[I have a question.]
Even though he performed such a splendid sword dance, his breath was not disturbed.
Her hair was freshly washed, and her skin was still soft and not a single drop of sweat had flowed out.
“Something.”
【Does she want to be Leopold’s wife, or does she want to be the empress?】
Do you love a man named Leopold?
Or is he aiming for Leopold to become empress?
It’s a simple question, but the implications are different.
【Oh, no. I’m not asking because I care. Although there is no other reason for me to be curious about why you want to marry Leopold in the first place.]
“What are you so flustered about? It seems like a question you might be wondering about.”
Astrid put the snow flower back on the weapon rack.
She took off the towel from her head and tossed it in her laundry tub, then sat down on the bed.
“Leopold… Yes, Your Highness, but I’ll call you by name since he’s not here right now.
If he had been a fisherman, I would have wanted to be the fisherman’s wife.
Had he been a farmer, he would have been a farmer’s wife.
If he had a bakery, I would have been happy baking bread with him in his oven,
If he had an inn, he would have enjoyed changing the bedspreads with him every day.
Empress? That doesn’t mean anything. In the end, it’s people who matter.”
It’s amazing.
Fake Astrid was so shocked by the words that she was speechless for a moment.
“Something, I ask, but he doesn’t answer. Was my answer strange?”
【Oh, no. Yes… I’m not losing too, uh… How to say, I was surprised to get an unexpectedly common sense answer… 】
“I am originally a common sense person. What are you talking about?”
【Anyway… Yes, it’s people who matter… Be human… 】
Fake Astrid thinks so too.
He is a person who matters.
He is a good person not only on the outside, but also on the inside.
Well, yes.
In fact, Leopold must have tried to push him away like that because he suffered so much because of Astrid, and his heart was hurt so much.
People say that no one is without scars, but how much pain Leopold must have suffered because of this Astrid.
Treating me kindly, uh…
It’s not strange.
Natural, right huh. That’s right, it’s natural.
Fake Astrid thought so.
